Being an introvert, I've found that the biggest difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that being in a group of people pumps up an extrovert, but drains an introvert. I can be social, but it takes a lot of energy compared to the effortlessness of an extrovert.
For example, introversion is not shyness or a lack of social skills. It's temperament, hard wired in your genetic code, and cannot be altered.
This is true, and not true. It's like saying that if you're not a natural athlete, then you'll never be any good at sports. Not true -- it just means you have to work harder than a natural.
Social skills is the same thing. In my late teens and early twenties, I faced a choice: either become an "uber-geek", or change myself to become more "normal" and socially adept. I chose the road to change myself, and while difficult, it was certainly possible. It gets easier with practice, like anything else. It'll never be effortless for me, but I'm a lot closer to normal. Now I'm married with kids, and I'm damn glad a made that early choice.
I don't want to put words in the author's mouth, since I haven't read the book, but it sounds like he leaning toward "you can't fix yourself, so just give up and learn to deal with it.".
Yeah, it would have been so much better for the world if the US had just turned a blind eye to the Soviet Union's goals of conquering Europe.
Considering the US has the most power, it's not surprising that we are involved in most of the war actions. The difference is that the US never starts anything, we just usually end up finishing them. And "start" does NOT necessarily mean dropping the first bomb.
As for me, I'm proud to live in a country that gives a damn and is willing to do something to back it up.
Why is it that I always read about 1 or 2 X Prize competitors.
Because Armadillo is the most open about their development. Every week they tell you about their successes and failures, thus, we know when there is something significant to report.
If ARCA or whoever doesn't release regular news, exactly what is supposed to be reported?
There is no need to reinvent the wheel for enterprise solutions and use do-it-yourself
Its costly and takes a lot of time. For Enterprise solutions - just go with java.
If the wheel is square and made of stone, then many times wheels need to reinvented. Stone, square wheels don't move very fast. Kind of like Java (in more ways than one).
I'd like to see the marketing campaign that can get 10 year olds to sit and read -- nearly continuously -- an almost 900 page book that was actually crap.:)
Allow me to explain RFID tags in one easy-to-understand sentence:
They are exactly like bar code tags, except they are scanned by electromagnetic sensors, rather than lasers.
Boom! That's it. Yes, the paranoia is totally and completely stupid.
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But then they wouldn't have time to get ready for the PACT (or whatever your state has) test. We have to make sure our children are good standardized test takers.
Yeah, it's much better to graduate kids unable to read. The horrors of actually testing what they know.
My Mistake, n., A clever turn of phrase, which I employ during casual conversation. Only the most anal of people complain, and these people should be ridiculed mercilessly.
Your Mistake, n., an atrocious abuse of language, employed only by the most ignorant, uneducated, if not mentally handicapped individuals. Examples: Irregardless, alot, "a mute point", etc.
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Eh? Are you seriously arguing that Apple's system with half the processors, 1/8th the memory (2GB is the *maximum*, by the way), and a 720GB disk limitation at almost the same price is comparable to Dell's offering? And note that Dell's has "UNLIMITED client licenses" as well.
Thank you for once again proving how much Apple sucks and is a rip-off.
Oh? Show me where it says in the (US) Constitution you are entitled to unconditional privacy?
Although I'm not a privacy nut, that's the wrong question to ask. The 10th Amendment specifically spells out that the constitution does NOT grant rights (particularly inalienable rights). In other words, what isn't specifically granted or prohibited by law is power reserved by the people.
That said, it would be absurd to argue that privacy is an inalienable right (although, there are a lot of absurd people on Slashdot that will try and argue it without thinking it through).
And I for one welcome our new "digital" overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Slashdot personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to become gladiators for their thumb-wrestling colisseum.
And speaking as an american citizen fed up with the excess and lies of this country I would gladly see a theory, any theory, that brought about non violent change in the way we live our lives.
Here's the theory for you: it's called "maturity".
When you grow up and stop waiting for "theories" to change your life, and get off your ass and start being productive, you will find that the world is a much better place. Sorry dude, but the socialistic paradise that you want where the government provides for all your needs so you don't have to work hard (aka "work on monday") and can just party all the time is a childish fantasy, like living in a candy store or a toy shop.
I have to admit that the notion that it is now techincally possible to mpeg-1 every moment of one's existence is a staggering one.
Eh? My digital camera does 30 seconds in about 5 meg (rather poor quality, I might add). 80 years of life would be around 411,000 gigabytes. Not exactly practical yet.
I probably would buy it, if Apple would sell it to me. We already know they have a version that runs on Standard Hardware.
Unfortunately, Apple requires me to buy a big box that I don't want along with my copy of OS/X.
That means a big fat NO SALE.
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The point isn't whether it's "worth it" or whether it's a "hell of a lot better" than other licenses, the point is that it's very restrictive. You can't do whatever you want with it as the original poster alleged.
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I phrased it badly. My point is that you can't distribute your private application without source code if it contains GPL code. The GPL license is extremely restrictive in what you can do with it.
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RMS pushes the GPL and the GPL says that you can use the software for any purpose.
No, you're thinking of the BSD-style licenses. The GPL license tells you *exactly* what you can and can't do with the software. For example, I can't put GPL source into my private application where I don't distribute the source code.
If you actually read Atkin's books, he explicitly says weight loss comes down to cutting calories. The advantage of a low carbohydrate diet is that the calories you do take in make you feel more satisfied, as well as not driving up your insulin levels.
If you're dealing with anything of any size, complexity or (let's face it) use, then that's a really good idea for unmaintable, buggy XML.
Sheesh, which is why I specifically stated that you don't have to use it if it doesn't make sense. Apparently you don't have much experience with a lot of different uses for XML. You know, sometimes bandwidth matters. It's just stupid to have end tags for things like:
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Being an introvert, I've found that the biggest difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that being in a group of people pumps up an extrovert, but drains an introvert. I can be social, but it takes a lot of energy compared to the effortlessness of an extrovert.
For example, introversion is not shyness or a lack of social skills. It's temperament, hard wired in your genetic code, and cannot be altered.
This is true, and not true. It's like saying that if you're not a natural athlete, then you'll never be any good at sports. Not true -- it just means you have to work harder than a natural.
Social skills is the same thing. In my late teens and early twenties, I faced a choice: either become an "uber-geek", or change myself to become more "normal" and socially adept. I chose the road to change myself, and while difficult, it was certainly possible. It gets easier with practice, like anything else. It'll never be effortless for me, but I'm a lot closer to normal. Now I'm married with kids, and I'm damn glad a made that early choice.
I don't want to put words in the author's mouth, since I haven't read the book, but it sounds like he leaning toward "you can't fix yourself, so just give up and learn to deal with it.".
how to re-energize through aromatherapy
Oh, sheesh. Barf me. :-)
Yeah, it would have been so much better for the world if the US had just turned a blind eye to the Soviet Union's goals of conquering Europe.
Considering the US has the most power, it's not surprising that we are involved in most of the war actions. The difference is that the US never starts anything, we just usually end up finishing them. And "start" does NOT necessarily mean dropping the first bomb.
As for me, I'm proud to live in a country that gives a damn and is willing to do something to back it up.
"Peace Through Strength" -- Ronald Reagan.
The Straight Dope has the full scoop on ultrasonic insect repellents. In short, they're a scam.
Why is it that I always read about 1 or 2 X Prize competitors.
Because Armadillo is the most open about their development. Every week they tell you about their successes and failures, thus, we know when there is something significant to report.
If ARCA or whoever doesn't release regular news, exactly what is supposed to be reported?
There is no need to reinvent the wheel for enterprise solutions and use do-it-yourself Its costly and takes a lot of time. For Enterprise solutions - just go with java.
If the wheel is square and made of stone, then many times wheels need to reinvented. Stone, square wheels don't move very fast. Kind of like Java (in more ways than one).
Is it as good as they say?
I'd like to see the marketing campaign that can get 10 year olds to sit and read -- nearly continuously -- an almost 900 page book that was actually crap. :)
Allow me to explain RFID tags in one easy-to-understand sentence:
They are exactly like bar code tags, except they are scanned by electromagnetic sensors, rather than lasers.
Boom! That's it. Yes, the paranoia is totally and completely stupid.
But then they wouldn't have time to get ready for the PACT (or whatever your state has) test. We have to make sure our children are good standardized test takers.
Yeah, it's much better to graduate kids unable to read. The horrors of actually testing what they know.
has hundreds of features that Windows does not
Huh? Name three. I wonder if you can name one.
More definition fun!
My Mistake, n., A clever turn of phrase, which I employ during casual conversation. Only the most anal of people complain, and these people should be ridiculed mercilessly.
Your Mistake, n., an atrocious abuse of language, employed only by the most ignorant, uneducated, if not mentally handicapped individuals. Examples: Irregardless, alot, "a mute point", etc.
Eh? Are you seriously arguing that Apple's system with half the processors, 1/8th the memory (2GB is the *maximum*, by the way), and a 720GB disk limitation at almost the same price is comparable to Dell's offering? And note that Dell's has "UNLIMITED client licenses" as well.
Thank you for once again proving how much Apple sucks and is a rip-off.
Oh? Show me where it says in the (US) Constitution you are entitled to unconditional privacy?
Although I'm not a privacy nut, that's the wrong question to ask. The 10th Amendment specifically spells out that the constitution does NOT grant rights (particularly inalienable rights). In other words, what isn't specifically granted or prohibited by law is power reserved by the people.
That said, it would be absurd to argue that privacy is an inalienable right (although, there are a lot of absurd people on Slashdot that will try and argue it without thinking it through).
And I for one welcome our new "digital" overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Slashdot personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to become gladiators for their thumb-wrestling colisseum.
And speaking as an american citizen fed up with the excess and lies of this country I would gladly see a theory, any theory, that brought about non violent change in the way we live our lives.
Here's the theory for you: it's called "maturity".
When you grow up and stop waiting for "theories" to change your life, and get off your ass and start being productive, you will find that the world is a much better place. Sorry dude, but the socialistic paradise that you want where the government provides for all your needs so you don't have to work hard (aka "work on monday") and can just party all the time is a childish fantasy, like living in a candy store or a toy shop.
Although neither of these completely solved the goals they were aiming for, you'll notice that PNG is becoming a vastly more popular format than GIF
Wha? You're joking, right? Please name three *mainstream* web sites that use PNGs over GIFs. I wonder if you can name one.
How many children did that guy abuse?
Exactly as many as the number of children on the pictures he held.
I don't care if he didn't take the pictures. He's creating the demand for the pictures to be created.
I have to admit that the notion that it is now techincally possible to mpeg-1 every moment of one's existence is a staggering one.
Eh? My digital camera does 30 seconds in about 5 meg (rather poor quality, I might add). 80 years of life would be around 411,000 gigabytes. Not exactly practical yet.
I probably would buy it, if Apple would sell it to me. We already know they have a version that runs on Standard Hardware.
Unfortunately, Apple requires me to buy a big box that I don't want along with my copy of OS/X.
That means a big fat NO SALE.
The point isn't whether it's "worth it" or whether it's a "hell of a lot better" than other licenses, the point is that it's very restrictive. You can't do whatever you want with it as the original poster alleged.
I phrased it badly. My point is that you can't distribute your private application without source code if it contains GPL code. The GPL license is extremely restrictive in what you can do with it.
RMS pushes the GPL and the GPL says that you can use the software for any purpose.
No, you're thinking of the BSD-style licenses. The GPL license tells you *exactly* what you can and can't do with the software. For example, I can't put GPL source into my private application where I don't distribute the source code.
We may be forced to do that anyway, if our peroxide situation doesn't resolve itself.
Have you looked into this guy? It looks like he has Peroxide concentrators ready to go. I think you bought one of his engines, didn't you?
It might not be a high volume, long-term solution, but it might at least get you flying again.
If you actually read Atkin's books, he explicitly says weight loss comes down to cutting calories. The advantage of a low carbohydrate diet is that the calories you do take in make you feel more satisfied, as well as not driving up your insulin levels.
If you're dealing with anything of any size,
s p; <bill_home_address>N</bill_home_address>s p; ...
...
complexity or (let's face it) use, then
that's a really good idea for unmaintable,
buggy XML.
Sheesh, which is why I specifically stated that you don't have to use it if it doesn't make sense. Apparently you don't have much experience with a lot of different uses for XML. You know, sometimes bandwidth matters. It's just stupid to have end tags for things like:
<clients>
<row>
<client_name>Joe's Grill</client_name>
<bill_by_credit_card>Y</bill_by_credit_card>
&nb
  ; <has_multi_locations>N</has_multi_locations>
&nb
</row>
<row>
</row>
</clients>
(Slashdot' s "code" mode is butchering the formatting)
Just make </> close whatever the last tag was. That instantly cuts the size of the files in almost half, and makes them easier to read as well.
And yes, it could be confusing in a heavily nested file, but nothing says you have to use them. It would be a godsend for database columns.